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National #dollarstore chain, @DollarTree, earned a 'D' grade on keeping our children safe from #toxic #chemicals in toys, products, and food they sell. They are making progress but are still far behind stores like @Walmart and @Target - time to catch up! bit.ly/2Di1xMg

Who Is Nancy Beck, and Why Shouldn’t She Be in Charge of Consumer Safety? | NRDC nrdc.org/onearth/who-na…

The Trump administration gutted Obama-era regulations on 12,000 chemical plants, writes Ana Parras of @tejasbarrios. While Texas has the most chemical facilities in the country, Illinois, California, Iowa and Louisiana are riddled with them, too. nyti.ms/2OYg8CV

The consequences of politics and #RMP #rollback are very real to people (mostly people of color and low income individuals) who live on the #Fenceline of hazardous chemical facilities. Antiquated risk management laws enable #chemical #disasters. It’s past time for this to change!

Extreme climate events will continue hitting our areas putting children at risk during severe flooding. School districts need to consider the proximity of schools to flood zones and hazardous facilities nearby, these situations are avoidable. Not all school districts closed...

@PeopleConcerned's Pam Nixon testifying before @TransportDems now. Starts by sharing her experience with the 2014 #ElkRiver Spill that causes thousands of West Virginians to go without clean water for drinking, bathing etc. #CleanWaterAct #ASTs #WOTUS @EPAwater #DoYourJob

In addition to the video feed, you can find @PeopleConcerned and all the other witnesses written testimony from today's @transportdems hearing linked here: transportation.house.gov/committee-acti… #CleanWaterAct #WOTUS #WaterisLife

Over the past two years, the Trump EPA has worked to roll back protections under the Clean Water Act. Today, the Committee will be discussing the EPA’s latest actions and the impacts they’ll have on the environment and public health. Watch here: youtu.be/y7TAYXxeAwI

Tune in TODAY at 10am as @PeopleConcerned Pam Nixon testifies before @TransportDems Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment about EPA'S failure to protect communities from water contamination caused by above-ground storage tanks (ASTs). Tune in: transportation.house.gov/committee-acti…

A clear reminder of the danger toxic chemicals and pesticides pose: 35 years after the Bhopal disaster killed over 3,500 people and injured thousands more, chemical companies are changing how they do outreach. cen.acs.org/content/cen/ar… @cenmag @Earthworks @PeopleConcerned

Conundrum: in all the Dow/DuPont spinouts... is Dow planning to divest & leave the Kanawha Valley?

DOW sells Institute property to Houston, Texas-based Altivia wchstv.com/news/local/dow…

Community outreach 35 years after #Bhopal cen.acs.org/content/cen/ar… via @cenmag

Frontline communities are being suffocated w/ the dramatic increase in plastic production in the Gulf Coast & burdened by the #Realcostofplastic. Thanks, @ciel_tweets & @brkfreeplastic for making sure the public doesn't forget about the impacts before it shows up on store shelves

We believe communities that bear the greatest burdens from pollution, climate change, and economic #inequality should help lead the way in shaping solutions to the climate #crisis and environmental #racism. Read the new #JustClimateFuture platform here: AJustClimate.org

Today, 70+ environmental justice advocates and national environmental organizations released a platform for a national climate agenda. Read how we can—and will—get to a #JustClimateFuture future: AJustClimate.org #EJ

Read this article about our #NonToxicDollarStores campaign: finalcall.com/artman/publish…

“What we need to talk about is environmental reparations for communities who shoulder the burden of disproportionate pollution” -Dr. Mildred McClain @HarambeeHouse #EJConvening @NRDems

When #Pollution Is a Matter of Life and Death nyti.ms/31Q8AXa #EJ4all #environmentalracism

“When you think about it, nothing has ever really changed,” she says. “First slavery, then sharecropping, now this. It’s just a new way of doing it.” @DrBobBullard @MossvilleDoc @MossvilleEJ theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

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